The following articles from Instruction discuss the reasons why implementing accessibility in your course design influences student success. Faculty will also discover practical advice on how to create courses that are inclusive to all students.
- March 24, 2021Watch the recording of our recent training: Improving Course Accessibility with Blackboard Ally. Download the slides (PDF) Thank you for working on the accessibility of your courses. If you need …
- October 23, 2020“Accessibility” originally meant to have the ability to reach or enter into something; however, the meaning of accessibility has evolved to include the ability of individuals with disabilities to access …
- May 8, 2020May 21st is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). Click to learn more...
- February 26, 2020Providing Alternative Text or Image Descriptions allows people with visual impairments using assistive technology to discern the meaning of images online. Without alt text such people would miss the content …
- December 18, 2019One of the salient features of accessible content is that it lends itself well to assistive technologies, especially the screen reader. As you may know, a “screen reader” is a …
- December 13, 2019Adjust settings to improve the readability of Microsoft Word documents.
- October 1, 2019If you missed the presentation, the video is now available.
- July 17, 2019It is important for faculty to create course content to meet their diverse students’ learning needs.
- July 12, 2019One of the integral elements of quality online content is captions — something that often does not get much attention. Here are a few quick tips to work with captions …
